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There was a weak flower grown under a large towering pine tree. It felt fortunate to have the pine tree as its shelter for protection. One day, suddenly a group of loggers came and saw the tree down. The flower was very sad as it lost something it could rely on. Another tree tried to comfort it and said: " You should not feel sorrow as without the shade of the pine tree you enjoy the sun and rain that will nourish you , you will grow into a more beautiful and even bigger flower ."

We do feel sad naturally when we lose something we treasure but every choice we make will have new hopes and opportunities. There is always light after we clear the dark tunnel and there is beautiful dawn when the night is over.

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A King has seven daughters and all of them have long beautiful black hair as such the king gave each of them one hundred beautiful hairpins. One morning, when the elder princess woke up she found that she has lost one of her hairpins so she secretly went to the second princess's room and took one of her hairpins. When the second princess realized one of her hairpins was missing she went to the room of the third princess to take one of her pins; when the third princess found that she lost one of her hairpins, she also secretly went to the room of the fourth princess to take one of hers. The fourth princess followed suit and took the pin from the fifth princess. Likewise the fifth princess took from the sixth princess who in return took from the seventh princess. On the next day a handsome prince from the neigbour country suddenly visited their father and he said to him : "Yesterday my lark brought back a hairpin and it must be belong to one of your princesses. This is a wonderful fate since I would like to know whose hairpin it belong to?" When the princesses heard that all of them claim that that was theirs however all of them except seventh princess have all the hundred pins on their heads. As such the prince decided to marry the seventh princess and they lived a happy life together.

We always harbour the thought we will be very happy when we have all what we want and we are very regret when we lose something or we fail to achieve the desire thing we want. Sometimes that could be a blessing in disguise.

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An old woman had been walking up and down all day in the Times Square at New York. Most people thought she was homeless until one day when she was featured in the newspaper as a helpful elder who was in the crowd searching for people whio were anxiety or helpless. She had helped young men and women who intended to commit suicide, accompanied the runaway students and rendered her aid to many handicapped elders. She had ever rescued a girl who had been abducted from elsewhere, in addition she even had persuaded a desperate criminal to surrender successfully. Under the influence of this elder woman a growing number of retired people decided to join her in searching for the helpless and took the initiative to talk to strangers.

In today fast pace society we could not bother and are no longer willing to take the initiative to lend our helping hands to strangers. Perhaps we should not be so selfish and self-centred. We should try to extend our warmness to bless others so as to create a more beautiful world.

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An Indian saw a scorpion fell into the pond struggling in the water and at first instinct he wanted to help it . He stretched out his hand and attempted to catch it. Just when his fingers almost reached it, the scorpion instead stung him instantly. But the man was still trying to save it. He again tried to reach out his hand to pull it out but the scorpion stung him again . A man saw it and asked : "The scorpion always stings you , why must you save it? " The Indian man replied:" It is a natural instinct for scorpion to sting and it is my nature as a human to love one another thus how could I not save it despite it will sting me?"

Do not give up on love as it is the most powerful virtue. Not just love your neighbours but including your enemies and that is the ultimate of demonstrating what love is.

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Hans Christian Andersen has a tale, " What the old man does is always right." The story was about a pair of poor old couple who wanted to use their only valuable of their house, a horse to exchange something useful from the market. At first, the old man got it for a cow, and then from the cow to a sheep , in turn from the sheep for a goose. The goose had been exchanged to be a chicken and finally a bag of rotten apples from the chicken. In every exchange , he wanted to give his wife a surprise. On his way home, he met two Englishmen and they had chatted casually over his process of exchange. They laughed at the old man and bet with him that he would receive severe scolding from his wife with a bag of gold. The old man thought otherwise and believed that it would never happen thus the Englishmen went home with him. Upon returning home, the old man held no secret and started to tell the process of exchanges from the beginning to the end. His wife gave praises for whatever items he tried to exchange with excitement. As a result, he could keep the gold.

The most importance elements between a couple are tolerance, respect , trust and sincerity. Even though one might be in fault at time, we need to examine the intention, the experience and the sincerity of the heart. These are far from important than the end result.

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There was a man, Zhou Yu in China ancient time. He loved to eat eel. He would always put the live eel into the pot and then heat up the water slowly with small fire so that the eel did not feel the temperature change before being cooked. As the eel had not been through the killing process thus the flesh was not tighten as such the taste of the meat was great. Once when the soup was boiled, Zhou Yu found that the abdomen of a eel formed a arch that was exposed above the boiling water while its head and tail were in the water. When he cut open the belly of the eel he was surprised to find so many roes . Zhou Yu felt touch how the protective of the eel was in attempting to save it's babies. After this incident he pledged not to eat eel anymore. He was extremely filial to his mother too.

The manifestation of love and affection from the eel demonstrate the ultimate truth that the blood is always thicker than the water. The greatest wealth of a family is the warm and genuine affection and love for each others.

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After diagnosis, a man confirmed to have cancer so he wrote down a column of a farewell life plan with a total of twenty-seven items to be fulfilled. He then resigned from his office and began his journey to Lhasa and Dunhuang, he then continued travel to Harbin and stayed there during the winter. Thereafter, he sailed to Beihai in Guangxi and later boarded to the Tiananmen Square. Furthermore, he went to Mongolia Prairie and lived with the herders for a week. In the meantime, he read all the works of Shakespeare, and presently he was going to wrote a book to realize his long-cherished wish. Someone asked him why he could stay so positive and active? He said,"The sickness reminds me to do what I want and now I realize how wonderful life could be."
Everyone is suffering from a cancer which is the irresistible death but we do not do what we want to do and always presume that we still have plenty of time to spare. Therefore all of our dreams finally follow us into the tomb.

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One day, when a man was crossing a bridge, he was accidentally fell into a ten feet deep river together with a small four-wheel tractor. Fortunately, he was able to emerge from the water. The onlookers helped to pull him out of the river. After being saved, he laughed. People were surprised and worried that he was crazy after the incident. One asked him why he was laughing. The man said, "I'm still alive and didn't even get hurt. Don't you think I am very lucky?"
A person's health is not only measure physically. It is also depends on psychological soundness. People who has psychological integrity are those who even encounter misfortunes but they can still find a happy reason.

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The emperor of ancient country Wei had a very beautiful concubine. According to the law, riding the king's carriage without permission would be punished by chopping off the legs. One midnight, the concubine learned that her mother was seriously ill and she took the king's carriage to visit her mother without permission. Later, when the emperor found out, he did not punish her but praised for her filial piety. He said that she was willing to take the risk of her feet cut off because of her mother. Later, when the concubine's beauty faded, the emperor began to snub her. On one occasion, she inadvertently offended the emperor. He immediately raked up the past and punished her.
To exchange beauty for fame, it may end up in separation with the loss of beauty. Inner beauty is more important than outer beauty as it is more lasting.

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Three caterpillars came from faraway and prepared to cross over the river. They wanted to get to a place which was full of flowers. One said,"We must first find a bridge to climb over and to be the first one to invade the flowers which has the most honey." Another said,"Why dont we build a boat to cross over the river?" The last one said, "We are so tired after the long journey. We should take a rest. " Then it climbed up a tree and fell asleep. When it woke up, it had metamorphosized into a beautiful butterfly and fly over the river. It searched all the flowers but it could not find the two partners. Actually, one had died out of exhaustion and the other had flowed into the sea.
In this world, nature has more strength and magical power but in this competitive society, not many can understand this truth.

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Three caterpillars came from faraway and prepared to cross over the river. They wanted to get to a place which was full of flowers. One said,"We must first find a bridge to climb over and to be the first one to invade the flowers which has the most honey." Another said,"Why dont we build a boat to cross over the river?" The last one said, "We are so tired after the long journey. We should take a rest. " Then it climbed up a tree and fell asleep. When it woke up, it had metamorphosized into a beautiful butterfly and fly over the river. It searched all the flowers but it could not find the two partners. Actually, one had died out of exhaustion and the other had flowed into the sea.
In this world, nature has more strength and magical power but in this competitive society, not many can understand this truth.

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There was a old lady who was always frown and distressed every day. Someone asked her why she always felt so sorrow? The old lady said: " I ​​have two daughters, my elder daughter sells umbrellas and my younger daughter sells shoes; when the weather is fine, my elder daughter will be stuck without any sales and when it rains, nobody buys shoes from my younger daughter. How to survive? ". Then she cried out loudly. The man advised her that why couldn't she see from different perspective. When it is sunny day, the sales of her younger daughter will be good whereas when it rains, her elder daughter will enjoy the fantastic business. Thus there is not reason for her to feel stress and anxiety. By accepting the advice, the old lady became happy since then.

We are reminded that we have a choice of being happy or sorrow for any situation and challenge we face. It is our perspective that matters. We should always remain positive and optimistic in any circumstances.

Stories of Great wisdom
There was a old lady who was always frown and distressed every day. Someone asked her why she always felt so sorrow? The old lady said: " I ​​have two daughters, my elder daughter sells umbrellas and my younger daughter sells shoes; when the weather is fine, my elder daughter will be stuck without any sales and when it rains, nobody buys shoes from my younger daughter. How to survive? ". Then she cried out loudly. The man advised her that why couldn't she see from different perspective. When it is sunny day, the sales of her younger daughter will be good whereas when it rains, her elder daughter will enjoy the fantastic business. Thus there is not reason for her to feel stress and anxiety. By accepting the advice, the old lady became happy since then.

We are reminded that we have a choice of being happy or sorrow for any situation and challenge we face. It is our perspective that matters. We should always remain positive and optimistic in any circumstances.

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An old woman had been walking up and down all day in the Times Square at New York. Most people thought she was homeless until one day when she was featured in the newspaper as a helpful elder who was in the crowd searching for people whio were anxiety or helpless. She had helped young men and women who intended to commit suicide, accompanied the runaway students and rendered her aid to many handicapped elders. She had ever rescued a girl who had been abducted from elsewhere, in addition she even had persuaded a desperate criminal to surrender successfully. Under the influence of this elder woman a growing number of retired people decided to join her in searching for the helpless and took the initiative to talk to strangers.

In today fast pace society we could not bother and are no longer willing to take the initiative to lend our helping hands to strangers. Perhaps we should not be so selfish and self-centred. We should try to extend our warmness to bless others so as to create a more beautiful world.

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Once there were two tigers. One was in a cage and the other was running in the wild . The one in the cage was envy the one that was set free. However, the one was set free felt that the one in the cage did not need to worry about food as it was well fed everyday comfortably. One day, the two tigers reached an agreement to exchange its situation by swapping. But soon the two tigers were dead. One was starved to death and the other was bored to deadth melancholy. The one was out of the cage enjoyed the freedom but lacked of predatory skill. And the one was in the cage was comfortable with food it felt depressed for being forced in a enclosed small living space.

Very often we tend not to treasure what we have and we love to envy others. What is good for other may not necessary is suitable for us. The other side of pasture may be greener but it might not fit our requirement.

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A King was moody and unhappy. His minister seek advice from a priest who told them that if the King could put on a pair of shoes from a happpy man, he would be alright. Thus the minister was tasked to look for the happy man. One day, when he came across a poor village and suddenly he heard a man singing happily. Following the song, he found that a farmer was plowing in the field. The minister asked the farmer if he was truly happy? The farmer replied, " I have not been a day without joy!" The mnister was overjoyed and he told the farmer about his mission. The farmer could not help but laughing as he did not even wear any pair of shoes.

Money to many people is the only or almost the source of happiness and we often forget to cherish what we already have. Life could be a simple pleasure so long we have a gratitude heart.

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There is a story in "Zhuangzi" In a misty fog-filled morning, a man was rowing a boat upstream. Suddenly, he saw a boat heading toward him down from the opposite direction of the river. Sensing that that boat would hit him, he shouted loudly, " Caution ! " But the boat still bumped into him as such his boat was almost sunk. He was furious and mad. He started to shout and scold profusely. However when he took a closer look at the boat he realized that it was an empty boat without anyone. His anger then subsided.

It is quite natural that if someone from upstairs spill some water onto us we are very likely to be mad and started cursing. If we are wet by the rain suddenly, even though we have bad temper, we may not be angry at all.

In many instances, the situation itself does not cause any harm to us, it is just a matter how we react and what is our perspective and thought in that particular moment.

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There was a dog that loved to keep circling around its own tail. Once it was exhausted and lying on the ground gasping for breath. A big dog happened to see it and asked what had happened. The dog said, "My friends told me that if I could catch my own tail I will be happy and joyful forever." The big dog sighed and said, " When I was young, I was like you. It seemed that the harder I chased after the happiness and joy, I hardly could embrace it. However when I chosed not to deliberately pursue it, everything came so naturally as the happiness and joy were just surrounding me. "

Many people love to go after the fame and material comfort but they seems to be never happy and feeling satisfied as they never treasure what they already have. They seems to have never ending desire.

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There was a rich man who carried a lot of gold and silver jewelry, he ventured out no matter what the distance to find happiness. But thousands of miles after, he could not find any happiness. In his frustration,he came across a farmer who was carrying a large bundle of sticks and grass down the mountain, so the rich man asked him: "I am envied by many with my wealth however why am i not happy? " The farmer replied: " happiness is very simple ,you must learn how to let go. " The rich man was enlightened as he was saddled with heavy jewelry and he afraid of being robbed, afraid of his jewellery getting stolen and fearing of being assassinated, thus he was worried all day. Suddenly the rich man understood what the farmer said and he gave his wealth to the poor and started focusing on doing charity work. Such a move nourished his soul and he finally got to taste happiness.

We must learn how to let go as it is a key to happiness. When we have no worries or burden, we will be relieved and happiness will follow.

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When a woman came back from work and taking elevator, she looked at the mirror in the elevator. What she saw was a tired, sad, gloomy and furrowed brow lady. She was startled and she started to recall how indifference and cold of her husband and child when they were at dinning table. She thought that they were the culprit and the fault was never on her . But she began to realize that she had been negligent. On the following day, she put up a wooden plaque on the door. " Before entering this door, leave the trouble behind and bring the joy home" , such note was written on the plaque to remind herself. As a result, that note not only served to remind her it also had impact on her family members and neighbours.

Home is supposed to the most comfortable and happy place of all. In order to maintain a warm and harmony home we are reminded to take off all trouble and go home with a happy heart.

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One gardener had a good harvest of grapes for the season. He was very happy and wanted to share his fruit. He first gave some to a merchant who asked him how much money he need to pay? The gardener politely declined any money. He gave some of it to cadre who was very suspicious. He actually thought that the gardener was asking for favour from him. The gardener has also shared some to a young woman who expressed a little surprise and her husband was not happy with the gardener's good gesture. Finally the gardener gave some to a elder who tasted it instantly and he gave the gardener a good prasie for his generosity. The gardener was glad to find a appreciative person whom he could share his joy eventually.

Perhaps in this fast pace and busy world, we are no longer willing to share our happiness and kindness. But if we are able to extend our care and concern to others, we shall be able to see sunshine and happy smiling faces.

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There was a woodcutter who went up to the mountain to get his work done daily. His life was ordinary and mundane. One day, he picked up a wounded silver bird when he was on the way to the mountain. He took good care to heal the bird and the bird sang a beautiful and lovely tune to him. They accompanied each other and had wonderful days. On one occasion, his neighbour told the woodcutter that he saw a golden bird that could sing even better than the silver bird. Since then, the woodcutter kept thinking of the golden bird and no longer interested in listening to the silver bird. Later when the silver bird healed completely and before it prepared to leave, it sang the last time to the woodcutter. After singing , the silver bird flew away and it turned to be a golden bird under the shining of the sunset. But it was too late for the woodcutter to do anything.

We often unknowingly become the woodcutter as it turns out that the golden bird is actually with us. However we often do not treasure what we already possess. We end up with nothing because we try too hard to pursue the unrealistic dream.

The most important thing in life is not what we have lost, is not what we dream, it is what we have in present.

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One night, a great king had a dream of his ancestor who told him a phrase that covers the wisdom of human beings. It will not make a person get carried away when he is happy and the person can manage and contain his sadness. However, after the king woke up, he could not remember that phrase at all. So he summoned the wisest of several veteran ministers and told them about that dream. He wanted them to conceive that phrase and engrave it onto a big diamond ring so that he could wear it on his finger to remind himself. A week later, the ministers returned the ring with the inscription,"Everything will be over."

Being able to live a life with composure and a sense of balance is the greatest achievement in life. We will not be overjoyed and blinded when we are happy. We will not be despaired when we are down and sad. The degree of happiness and sadness depends on our perspective and wisdom of our life.

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A man had an excellent bow made of sandalwood. He treasured it very much as bow could help him achieve distance and accuracy when shooting. Once, when he observed it carefully, he felt that it was bulky and it's appearance was nothing spectacular. Thus he engaged an artist to carve an hunting picture on the bow. He felt so ecstasy because he owned a perfect bow then. Just as when he pulled the bow tightly, a " cracking" sound was heard.

Nothing is perfect in this world. There is bound to have regret in life if we are too insistence and extreme. To achieve happiness we must know how to strike the best balance in all aspects of life.

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One day, a prince was strolling alone in the garden and he was shocked to see that the flowers and trees of the garden have withered. The oat tree was dead because it felt that it was not as tall as pine tree. The pine tree was gone because it could not bear beautiful flower like the peach. And the morning glory was sick as its flower was not as fragrance as lilacs. In fact, the rest of the plants were all so discouraged. The prince found only the grass was growing very well. He asked the grass as to why it was so brave and optimistic. The grass replied: "I do not lose heart because I know that my duty and responsibility is to continue to grow lushly as grass, and I have peace of mind whereas for other type of plants that their fate is dependent on you. You could just order the gardener to plant any type anytime."

When we keep comparing ourselves with others we are just adding on ourselves with extra and unnecessary burden indirectly. Give ourselves some personal space and be contented to just focus on personal improvement.

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A person was chased after by a tiger and fell down a cliff. Fortunately, he caught a small shrub which grew at the edge of a cliff and saved him from further falling down. At this point, he found that not only the tiger eyeing overhead, but there was also a tiger underneath the cliff. Furthermore, there were two mice busy gnawing the roots of a small shrub which he was hanging on. In despair, he suddenly found a bunch of wild strawberries that grew within his reach, he plucked strawberries and he put it to his mouth. He mumbled to himself, "It taste so sweet."
If we can still find happiness out of hopelessness, we shall comprehend the true meaning of a happy life. We can master our own destiny and choose whether to suffer from sorrow or to be in joy.

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There was a fussy lamb. It was not satisfied with the food given by its owner and felt that the owner mistreated it. Therefore, it decided to look for food by his own. It met a few chickens eating grain and when it tasted, it spit the grain out immediately. Later, it saw the dog gnawing on a bone but it smelled so awful. The most scary thing was when it saw the ducks eating earthworms, it even felt sick. The hungry lamb eventually returned to the fold and found that forage was the most wonderful and delicious food in the world.
We have a kind of inertia thinking that the beauty is in the distance. In fact, the things around us has the same beauty to keep us feel happy and content.

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In a forest, there were a few agressive wild boar and threatening the safety of people in the village. Several experienced hunters wanted to catch them, but they were very cunning and never being fooled by the hunters. Thus, there was an old man walked into the forest to find the foraging areas of the wild boars and sprinkled a little grain in the central open space. Those wild boars were shocked at first but tempted to eat. The next day, the old man put more grain and erect one wood in a few feet away. The wild boars was scared, but the grain is too delicious, and soon returned to eat. In this way, the old man erected one wood around every day and the wild boars would be away for a while and eventually came back to eat the grain. Two months later, the fence was finally done and the wild boars went in to eat the grain. Finally, they were naturally kept in the fence.
Nothing is free and we will not succeed without putting efforts. If we put our desires at one end of the scale, the other end will be the price to pay.

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The lion was the king of the forest, all the animals were afraid of the lion except a little mosquito. It even had the courage to challenge the lion despite it's tiny physique. However it was being despised by the lion. Thus the little mosquito decided to fly around the lion's face and attacked those surface without the mane. The lion was in a desperate position and it tried to use its claws to scratch it's itchy face and at the same time attempting to kill the mosquito but in vain. It surrendered finally. After the mosquito defeated the lion, it become arrogant. It flied around and humming proudly. Soon it accidentally entangled by the cobweb. Just when the spider was about to eat it, the mosquito sighs and laments, "Though I have won the giant lion, I never expect to be defeated by a small spider."
Nobody could ever stay on the top forever. We should never be arrogant instead learn to be humble so as to avoid feeling regretful later.
There is thin line between confidence and arrogance and it's call humility. Confidence smiles and arrogance smirks.

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During the ancient times of Chinese history, once Emperor Huang led his six followers to look for Da Gui who lived in Bei Ci mountain. They lost on their way but chanced upon a shepherd boy who was taking care a herd of cattle. The emperor asked him about the direction to the mountain and the boy was able to direct them the right path. The emperor then asked him whether he knew about Da Gui. He was taken aback as he was aware of him too. The emperor casually challenged him whether he has knowledge to rule a country. The boy replied that it was like leading the herd, He would got rid of the bad habbit of the cattle and the cattle would perform well. The emperor was very impressed with his wisdom that was drawn from his daily simple life.

As a matter of fact, we could draw and learn a lot of the wisdom from our daily life so long we make an conscious effort to pause and reflect what has gone through everyday. Always keep a peace of mind and calm in facing whatever storm.

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After a monkey died, he went to see God. He said angrily: " In my next life, I want to be a human! A man would not be teased like monkey. They wear beautiful clothes and use advanced things. To be a man is the most wonderful thing," God smiled and agreed. Soon as God commanded a group of lovely angel holding small forceps and they went towards the monkey quickly to pull the hairs out of the monkey. He bellowed in pain and asked God discontentedly why God wanted to torture him. God remained smiling gently and said: "You want to become a human, naturally you will have to pull out the body hair. If you are not willing to give up your hairs, how can you become a man?"
There is always a price to pay if we want to make changes in life. Victory is reserved for those who is willing to pay for its price.

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The King Wu had a boat tour along the Yangtze River and stopped by ashore to board a monkey mountain. The monkey were afraid of King Wu and his followers. All of them escaped except for one monkey. It showed off its intelligence and agile. The king picked up the bow and arrow to shoot it but it can nimbly catch flying arrows. The king was furious and ordered his men to shoot together and the monkey was shot down to dead. King Wu told his friend Yan buyi, "The monkey is too arrogant and despise me. It deserve for its death." After Yan buyi accompanied the king for his return, he immediately asked for the advice of the sage to change his temperament, away from the fame and vanity.
Arrogant will lead to fatal disaster and outcome is self-inflicted. Smart and intelligent person will always show his humble.

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A man caught a monkey in hunting. After returning home, he killed and cooked the monkey. Then, he invited his neighbour for meal. He did not tell to the neighbour in advance and the neighbour thought it was a dog meal and praise the meal was very delicious. After enjoying the meal, the man told the neighbour that it was monkey meat and the neighbour vomitted violently after noticed it. The neighbour complained that he should have told him the truth earlier to avoid his suffering. The man puzzled and said,"I do not know that you do not like the monkey meat, and in the process of eating, you do not feel anything special about it. "
We hold full responsibility for our own lives. Others' advices are only for reference only. We have to make our own decision.

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A magpie built a nest. Many of its neighbours came to visit its new home. Myna said that its new home though was beautiful, the straw was spread too thick. Thus the Magpie decided to take away some of it. The Parrot said that new home seemed very strong, however if it was reinforced with pebbles that would be better. Upon hearing that, the magpie also followed. The crow mentioned that the home was very warm, but if it was painted black, the effect would be good. Likewise the magpie simply followed the advice. When the winter came, the magpie was shivering with cold. When the strong cold wind blew, all the pebbles fell off actually. And that was not the worst, the most irritating part was when the children mistook its home as a hornet's nest and they poked it down with a bamboo pole. The magpie had no choice but to go elsewhere to build a new home.

Our life will be torn apart if we are not assertive and decisive. We should strive to have an independent mind and not being easily influenced by others' opinion and thought.

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A magpie built a nest. Many of its neighbours came to visit its new home. Myna said that its new home though was beautiful, the straw was spread too thick. Thus the Magpie decided to take away some of it. The Parrot said that new home seemed very strong, however if it was reinforced with pebbles that would be better. Upon hearing that, the magpie also followed. The crow mentioned that the home was very warm, but if it was painted black, the effect would be good. Likewise the magpie simply followed the advice. When the winter came, the magpie was shivering with cold. When the strong cold wind blew, all the pebbles fell off actually. And that was not the worst, the most irritating part was when the children mistook its home as a hornet's nest and they poked it down with a bamboo pole. The magpie had no choice but to go elsewhere to build a new home.

Our life will be torn apart if we are not assertive and decisive. We should strive to have an independent mind and not being easily influenced by others' opinion and thought.

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Once a person made a bet with his good friend that if he would give him a beautiful cage and hung it at a prominent location of the living room, he would buy a bird eventually. His friend did not believe as he felt it was too much troublesome to take care a bird. However when every visitor came to his house and ask when did the bird pass on. Or why did he hang a cage without a bird. Many questions were asked and he felt irritated to keep answering. In addition it was as if he was lack of love that caused the death of the bird. As a result he had not choice but to buy a bird.

Our biggest weakness is that we hang a cage in our minds and then we are forced to fill up many things that are derived from the words and opinions of others.

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There was a man named Qing Cang in Japan. Once he and his friend went to a mountain for sight seeing. They saw a rabbit that was montionless lying on the bushes along the roadside. His friend said that it had been dead. Upon hearing that, Qing Cang covered his nose immediately and said he had already smelled the odor early. Just then, the white rabbit was awakened because of noise. It quickly ran away. His friend was surprised and realized that it had been taking a afternoon nap. Qing Cang responded immediately with a remark that he actually saw the ears of the rabbit moving early on. Since then, people regard those who echoe whatever other say and utter anyhow as "Qing Cang's White Rabbit ."

It is foolish to act as if one is aware of what is happening on every single thing. We will suffer more when we are not putting in effort to be more observant and having more personal thought by simply echoing others.

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A pig managed to get into a luxurious mansion. It wandered the stable and kitchen freely. It played and rolled in the mud and even took a bath using the dirty water before heading home. Its peers asked where did it go? The pig replied," I have gone to a rich family house." Its peers were curious and asked, " We have heard about the expensive gold and silver jewellery possession by the wealthy family." The pig replied again," That is nonsense. I never found any jewellery and what I got was dirt and garbage after rummaging the backyard of the house."

We should never base on our personal yard stick and interest to judge and make any subjective conclusion of any situation rather we must always maintain a very objective perspective.

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Once, an elephant received the highest honor of favour from the lion king. The rest of animals felt that the elephant was neither beautiful nor popular, and it was not elegant either. They could not understand the reasons for the elephant to receive such a grace . A fox was swinging its tail and said," If it has a soft and fluffy tail I will not feel strange." A Bull interjected, " I'm afraid that the lion king must have mistaken its tusk as horns." A donkey flagged its long ears and said, " It must be the long ears that attracted the liong king to give the elephant the high honor of grace."

We often show off ourselves when we praise others inadvertently. We must be sincere and remain humble when praising others.

Story of great wisdom
Once a depressed entrepreneur was sitting at the corner of a restaurant drinking alone. An enthusiastic man asked him whether he had encountered any problems and he was willing to help him. The entrepreneur gave a gloomy glance at him and told him that he had too many problems and no one could help. The enthusiast took out a business card immediately and told him to look for him on the following day. The entrepreneur went accordingly and the enthusiast drove him to outskirt place. They came to a cemetery and the enthusiastic pointed to the graveyard and said: "You see, only people who are lying here have no problem ." The entrepreneur was awoken suddenly.

In our journey of life we bound to face up and down and we should not afraid of them. There is always hope if we have the courage to embrace all challenges and we are determined to overcome them with our best abilities.

Story of great wisdom
The eve of graduation, the teacher brought the students to the field and asked them to run two laps of the five hundred meters field at the final lesson. He requested them to take note of the time, speed and feelings upon completion, then he left. Twenty years later, during a gathering, the teacher mentioned that when he left the field, he watched them at the corridor. He found out that four of them completed the two laps, one sprained his foot, one fell, fifteen of them finished the first lap only and the rest did not start. They were surprised of the teacher's tremendous memory and the teacher continued,"I have four statements for all of you. Firstly, success favours only for the prepared mindset. Secondly, people who do not pick up small mushrooms will stand no chance to pick up large mushrooms. Thirdly, run with speed and steadiness. Lastly, not every beginning has an end. "
Perseverance is a key to success. Every efforts count and one fine day, success will come true.

Story of great wisdom
One day, during the lecturing time, a old and renownd professor took out a very beautiful tea cup to show his students. The professor dropped the cup deliberately onto the ground when the students were admiring the unique tea cup. The students were shock and felt pity over such a lovely cup that became pieces in just a split second. The professor then pointed to the broken cup and said, "You must be feeling sorry for the cup, but any regrets will not be able to restore the cup back to its original shape. Please remember this broken cup if you come across any life issues that irreversible."

In our journry of life, we bound to face some set back and failure, and we must learn to embrace, accept and forget them and then move on our life with the wisdom gained.

Story great wisdom
There were some frogs lived near a river and they felt trouble without a king to rule them, So they requested the god Cupid to assign a King for them. Cupid knew they were simple-minded so he threw a log into the river. The frogs felt that the king was too dull and made the request again to Cupid to send another king. Thus, Cupid sent an eel to manage them, but the frogs thought that eels naturally too kind and not fit to be the king. Therefore, they went to see Cupid again for re-election of the king. Cupid was very impatient of their requests and he sent a egret which have to consume a frog everyday. It did not take too long to clear out all the frogs near the river.
By ignore our own role and asked to be attached to the outside management is a servile behaviour. In fact, fate is in our own hands and do not expect from others.

Story of great wisdom
Since losing the race to tortoise, the hare was not convinced. So it asked for another race with the tortoise but this time the tortoise won again. It was because the rabbit was too anxious before the race and it failed to take note of the destination ending point. The hare was still not convinced and asked for a new race again. This time round when the hare was almost reaching the ending point, it was very happy, and it decided to turn around to look out where was the tortoise. Just as it did that the tortoise took the opportunity by biting the tail of hare and then leveraged the strength of the turn around of hare and flung to the ending point in the nick of time. The hare was not convinced at all and it insisted to have another race. The hare was so determined that it should win after learning from the previous lessons. However the tortoise was ahead of hare and waited for it at the ending point for quite a while. The hare had to admit defeat completely but it wanted to know why it lost. The tortoise said: "I won the race by taking a ride from other."

To be successful we have to leverage on other's strength and not solely on our own. And we must continue to update and innovate new plan and way to ensure our success.

Story of great wisdom
Once a lion plotted a plan to increase its dominance by attacking the territory of its neighbours. And part of preparation before going to the war, they wanted to hold a military meeting. As such a minister was sent to notify all animals and each was supposed to be assigned a task based on its strength. A elephant was tasked to transport military supplies whereas a bear was responsible for attacking and assault the enemy. A fox was assigned to be the advisor of the planning of war and a monkey would be the spy that would be penetracting into the enemy camp. Some animals had suggested that both donkey and rabbit should have been left out for this war as the reaction of donkey was too slow whereas the presence of rabbit would create unsettling effect among the animals. However the lion did not agree so instead it felt the donkey could be a bugler and the rabbit could serve as correspondent and help in communication. Later on they indeed won the war as each of the animas had played useful and appropriate role.

We must know how to identify the right people to do the right job . Each has strength and talent we must know how to assign them to the most suitable position so as to carry their task effectively.

Story of great wisdom
Long time ago, when the sadines harvested from the deap sea by the Norwegian fishermen were dead before they returned to the shore. Many fishermen had tried many methods to make sure the sardines survive but failed. However, there was one fisherman who was able to bring back the sardines alive as such he was able to sell them at higher price. The reason for that particular fisherman be able to do so was discovered later. The catfishes were put in together with the sardines. The catfishes are the enemy of sardines and it is its instinct to go after the sardines as such the sardines have to keep moving away from the catfishes desperately. That has directly spurred the sardines to fight for its survival.

A healthy competition serves as motivation factor for all and spur us to work and fight harder so that we are able to be sustainable.

Story of great wisdom
After a heavy meal, a black wolf was lying on the grass taking a nap comfortably. A grey wolf ran pass it with heavy panting. The black wolf was surprised and asked the grey wolf why it had to run so desperately. The grey wolf replied: " I overheard that a lion is coming and it can run very fast." However the black wolf scoffed at the gray wolf and thought that since it did not take much of its effort to go after an antelope why should it worry. Thus it continued its sleep. Soon, the lion did appear as such the antelopes became more alert and were able to run for its life much faster than before. And the black wolf was no longer so easy to get any food and soon it starved to death. The black wolf blamed the lion for desrupting its rountine and easy lifestlye before dying.

Changes and competitions are constant and everywhere, we must always be prepared and adopt a lifelong learning attitude to embrace such threats and challenges in our journey of life.

Story of great wisdom
After a heavy meal, a black wolf was lying on the grass taking a nap comfortably. A grey wolf ran pass it with heavy panting. The black wolf was surprised and asked the grey wolf why it had to run so desperately. The grey wolf replied: " I overheard that a lion is coming and it can run very fast." However the black wolf scoffed at the gray wolf and thought that since it did not take much of its effort to go after an antelope why should it worry. Thus it continued its sleep. Soon, the lion did appear as such the antelopes became more alert and were able to run for its life much faster than before. And the black wolf was no longer so easy to get any food and soon it starved to death. The black wolf blamed the lion for desrupting its rountine and easy lifestlye before dying.

Changes and competitions are constant and everywhere, we must always be prepared and adopt a lifelong learning attitude to embrace such threats and challenges in our journey of life.

Story of great wisdom
A young innocent mice has a simple mind. One day when it was caught by a cat it thought that by pleading to the cat it should be able to touch its soft spot. "Please have mercy on me ! I am still small and I do not eat alot thus I won't be a burden to the household. Do you think your master and his family will be starved because me? I eat one grain merely and I will be full, and a walnut will cause my belly to be burst. I am very thin now and why don't you wait till I am fatter then you catch me to feed your child?", said the mice. However the cat was not moved at all. " Catching mice is my instinct and it is useless for you to plead me. I won't let you go and you do not need to concern my child hypocritically," warned the cat. It eventually kill the mice.
We should never put ourselves in other shoes in such a simple perspective. In reality it is always more complex than you think thus we must always put in more thought and analysis so that we have clearer picture and perspective.

Story of great wisdom
The following is an American life experience:
In 1832, he lost his job . In the same year , he lost the election as memeber of parliament for state too.
In 1833, his business failed.
In 1834, he was elected as member of parliament for state.
In 1835, he lost his spouse.
In 1836, he suffered from mental debilitating disorder .
In 1838, he was not elected as parliament speaker for state.
In 1843, he failed to be nominated as congressman.
In 1846, he was elected to be the House of Representatives .
In 1849, he was rejected as Secretary for State Land Office.
In 1854, he was defeated in Senate election.
In 1856, he failed to be nominated as candidate for the US vice presidential election.
In 1858, he failed again in Senator election.
In 1860, he was elected as US president.
This person was the Americans most respected president, Mr Abraham Lincoln .

Any failure we suffered and experienced in our journey of life should not be the hindrance for our success. We should be persevered and keep on fighting and moving forward with our best ability.

Story of great wisdom
A donkey ran into a flock of sheep. It then took a look among them and it felt that it was so much taller than all of them. It took so much pride and declared to them, " Kids! look at me, not only I am bigger size than all of you, your wisdom and courage can never match mine either. I would have become the king of animals if I wish to be." Just as it finished those statement arrogantly, a howling from a wolf could be heard suddenly. The donky got onto the ground quickly and it tried to hide and took cover among the sheep desperately.

A person shows sign of weakness if he or she tries to act as a hero among the weakers. In reality only non competent and capable people are trying to show off and behave arrogantly.

Monday, 19 October 2015

In the midst of chasing for result, we must slowly down to inculcate the values within each result.

In the midst of preparing Alyssa for grade 2 piano exam, I asked what result she wants.
She wants a distinction and receive award like her cousin. So I asked how can she achieve it, she said she needs to practise daily.

We don't really drill our kids. When they receive their end result, we let them look back at the amount of effort they put in. If we fail to plan; then plan to fail.

Thoughts lead to feelings
Feelings lead to actions
Actions lead to RESULT

We also taught them life is never fair, money don't grow on trees, a stitch in time save nine (Alyssa surprised me with using this quote twice on me and her bro), early bird catches the worms etc.

Friday, 16 October 2015

Lately, i have been seeing articles from different media on health concern about DEMENTIA. In fact i have shelved this write up for a couple of months.

As i was looking for baking kit, i chanced upon baking trays made from aluminium and i recalled what Dr Chen Jau Fei had shared with us.

Aluminium can cause DEMENTIA as well as other health related diseases as toxin are accumulated and unable to excrete efficiently and effectively by our detoxification organs when they age prematurely due to unhealthy diet and lifestyle.

I have been hearing from people that tell me eat in moderation......
All these minute will amount to plenty, do you agree? Same analogy when we tell our kids to save 10c a day and 1 year they will have $36.50 a year and 10 years $365. Similarly, diseases and cancers are accumulated the same way.

This may particularly affect children who consume food with higher amounts of aluminium such as bread and bakery products, cocoa and cocoa products, and some leafy vegetables.”

Cut down on the unhealthy diet above. Prevention is better than cure. E MEMORIES is convenient food to reduce the risk of dementia.

Singapore is a very humid country and due to global warming, we are perspiring more. Most people stay out for a long day and after half the day, we might experience unpleasant body odour.

With Stay Fresh underarm wipes, it keeps us fresh and pleasant. It is large enough for whole body use and gives off a cooling peppermint when wipe. Use it consistently for days, you will feel the difference!

Most importantly it is safe as most deodorant contains aluminium which after prolong use will cause health issues.

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